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VAXstation 100 USER'S GUIDE

Order Number AA-N660A-TE

June 1984

This document describes how to use the VAXstation 1 00 system.

SUPERSESSION/UPDATE INFORMATION: New document

OPERATING SYSTEM AND VERSION: VAX/VMS Version 3.4

(or greater)

SOFTWARE: VAXstation Version 1 .0

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VAXSTATION 100 USER'S GUIDE

Table of Contents

Preface 3

What the VAXstation Is 3

What We Assume About Our Readers 4

Other Documents for VAXstation Users

Other printed VAXstation documents are available in addition
to this guide.

• VAXstation 1 00 Software Installation Guide
(AA-N661A-TE). For VAX system managers and oper-
ators. Covers the details of installing, tuning, and test-
ing VAXstation software on existing VAX systems.

• Programming for the VAXstation Display System
(AA-P153A-TE). For programmers who are develop-
ing applications for the VAXstation Display System.
Describes the procedures in the VAXstation Display
Management Library and the VAXstation CORE
Graphics Library.

• VAXstation Native Grahpics Procedures
(AA-AG30A-TE). For graphics programmers whose
applications require access to the native graphics
commands that drive the VAXstation Display system
hardware. Describes the five native graphics proce-
dures in the VAXstation Display Management Library.

Getting Started

VAXstation 100

Figure 3. VAXstation Screen at Start-up

Turning on the VAXstation 100

Press any mouse button 1. Turn on the main power switch (see Figure 1). When
to start. the system has warmed up, you should see a display

like that shown in Figure 3. If a different display (or no
display) appears on the screen after about 30 sec-
onds, refer to Figure 2 and the "In Case of Trouble"
section.

2. Press any button on the mouse.

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Figure 4. VAXstation Screen with the Authorization Form

Type your name and
password to begin a
session.

User Authorization

The VAXstation will clear the screen and display a small hour-
glass to indicate that you must wait for the startup process to
take place. After a few seconds, the hourglass will change to
an up-pointing arrow and the screen will display the Authori-
zation Form shown in Figure 4.

An input marker appears beside "User name:" indicating that
the system will accept input from the keyboard. This marker
moves forward as you type.

1 . Type the name by which the VAXstation knows you
(previously assigned by the manager of the VMS sys-
tem your VAXstation is connected to). If you mistype,
you can erase characters by pressing the (T\ key.

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Figure 5. VAXstation Screen After Authorization

2. Press ©. The input marker will move to the pass-
word line. Type your password (to protect its
secrecy, it will not be displayed legibly); then press
(ret) again.

If your name and password are accepted, the Authorization
Form will be erased, and the screen will appear as shown in
Figure 5.

If you mistype either your name or your password, the mes-
sage "Invalid user name or password" will appear in the blank
area at the bottom of the Authorization Form. The input marker
will move back to the end of your name and you can correct it,
if it is wrong, by deleting characters (with the (T| key) and
retyping. When it is correct, press (rfD and carefully enter your
password again, followed by another (ret), this should produce
the display shown in Figure 5. If it does not, refer to the "In
Case of Trouble" section.

You are now authorized to use the VAXstation. A simulated
DEC Terminal (see "Glossary of VAXstation Terms") is dis-
played on the VAXstation screen. The keyboard is attached to
this terminal and the terminal can be used very much as you ~
would use an actual VT1 00-family terminal logged in to the
VAX system.

Some Preliminary Concepts

The Utility and Work Areas

The VAXstation screen is divided into two major areas:

• The utility area: this area occupies the right side and
the bottom of the screen. After authorization, the right
utility area contains your name and the date and time,
and three rectangles resembling small pieces of
paper with one corner folded over. These are labeled
"Notices," "Help," and "Profile." (Throughout this
guide such representations are called "icons.")
Between the date/time and the Notices icon.are
a number of empty slots that can be used to store
VAX/VMS jobs.

The bottom utility area depicts the top row of
VAXstation keyboard keys. Except for the Q1DD key
and the ( menu ) key, these depicted keys may either
be blank or contain the "Fxx" labels associated with
the physical keyboard keys. The significance of these
labels is discussed later in this guide.

• The work area: this area includes all of the screen not
occupied by the two VAXstation utility areas. The work
area contains the terminals, viewports, and docu-
ments you are currently working with. In Figure 5, only
a DEC Terminal occupies the work area.

The Pointer

Move the pointer with In general, you do things with VAXstation objects, first by
the mouse. pointing at them, then by indicating that you are choosing the

object thus identified as the target for an action. Pointing is
always done by means of the mouse which, when moved
around your desk top, generates corresponding movements
of the pointer, the black up-arrow shown on the screen in
Figure 6. For best results, use the mouse on a piece of paper.

The VAXstation screen
is divided into utility and
work areas.

Figure 6. The Mouse and the Pointer

Point at a VAXstation
object by moving the
pointer until a box
appears around the
object.

Move the mouse around on the desk top to see how it affects
the pointer. If you have before you the display shown in Figure 6,
you will see not only that the pointer moves as you move the
mouse, but also that when you point at the terminal border, a
thin line appears inside the border, in effect enclosing the ter-
minal in a box. This transient "boxing" of the terminal - and
many other VAXstation objects - indicates that the VAXstation
has sensed the pointer's proximity to the object and will permit
you to take action relating to whatever is thus enclosed.

Throughout this guide, "point at" an object means to move the
pointer so that the object is "boxed" as described above.

Selecting Things

Select an object by Most VAXstation operations are performed by selecting an
pointing at it, then object and then requesting some action with respect to that

pressing SELECT. object. You select an object by:

1 . Pointing at the object as defined above.

2. Pressing the leftmost mouse button (SELECT).

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Moving Things

Move a terminal or
document by select-
ing it, selecting
the "Move" menu item,
then by moving
the mouse.

Terminals and documents in the VAXstation work area can be
moved anywhere on the screen. To move such objects:

• Select the border of the terminal or document you
wish to move. A menu will materialize around the
pointer (see Figure 7).

• If you select "Move", the menu will disappear, and
after a short delay the pointer will become a 4-way
arrow.

Moving the pointer off the menu also causes the
menu to disappear.

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Figure 8. Screen During the Move Process

Fix the moved object in
a new position by again
pressing the mouse
button.

The object is now attached to the pointer and will
move with the pointer about the screen. Figure 8
shows the DEC Terminal moved to a new position.
Pressing SELECT again will deposit the object in the
new location and detach the pointer from the border.
The pointer again becomes an up-arrow.

VAXSTATION HELP DOCUMENT

CHAPTER 4 VAXSTATION MENUS
The Main Menu (com)

MAIN MENU SELECTIONS

CREATE JOB (DEC TERMINAL)

Selecting this item causes a logged-in DEC terminal to be
displayed in the work area Its screen will be blank except
for the VMS prompt, indicating that the terminal is logged
in and that VMS is awaiting a command The VAXstation
keyboard will be attached to the new terminal and you can
now communicate with VMS via the new terminal precisely as

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Chapter 2 Logging Out a VMS Job
Chapter 4 Auxiliary Main Menu - Create DEC Terminal
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Figure 9. Screen Displaying a Help Page

Get Help by pressing
the rHEEFi key.

Getting Help

You can get help at any time by:

• pressing the (Help) key on the keyboard, or

• selecting the "Help" item in a menu, or

• selecting the Help icon in the right utility area

To get help about something on the screen, point at it and
press the (help) key on the keyboard. The VAXstation will dis-
play the Help Document opened to a page that contains infor-
mation about whatever you pointed at. The displayed page
will resemble that shown in Figure 9.

Selecting "Help" in a menu displays the Help Document
opened to a page that contains information about the menu.

Selecting the Help icon in the right utility area displays the
Help Document opened to the Table of Contents or to the last
page previously accessed during the current VAXstation
session.

VAXSTATION HELP DOCUMENT

CHAPTER 4 VAXSTATION MENUS
Auxiliary Main Menu (cont)

AUXILIARY MAIN MENU SELECTIONS
CREATE DEC TERMINAL

Selecti ng this item causes a DEC terminal to be displayed in
the work area This terminal will be blank except for "User
name ", indicating that the VAX host has initiated its normal
login procedure You can now enter any acceptable
name and password and use this terminal as you would a
real DEC terminal

RELATED ITEMS (select desired item)
Chapter 2 Creating a VMS Job
Chapter 2 Logging Out a VMS Job
Chapter 4 Main Menu — Create Job (DEC Terminal)

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Figure 10. Screen Displaying Help on Menus

Page through the Help
Document by selecting
references or icons.

In addition to the Table of contents, the Help Document has
numbered pages and an index. You can page through this
document in the following ways:

• by Selecting the "Contents" or "Index" item at the bot-
tom of the page to open the Help Document to these
locations (at which points you can select any listed
topic in the document)

• by Selecting the preceding page ("Back") or next
page ("Forward") icon

• by Selecting internal references (displayed in bold-
face type), either in the body of the text or in the
"Related Items" lists.

For example, selecting the Related Item "Auxiliary Main
Menu" would open the Help Document to the page beginning
the discussions of this subject shown in Figure 1 0.

DEC terminal

Create job (TEK4014)
Other choices
End session
Help

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Figure 1 1 . Screen Displaying the Main Menu

Remove the Help Docu-
ment by selecting its
border and then select-
ing "Store" from the
resulting menu.

Doing Things

Storing the Help Document

Remove the Help Document from the screen by selecting its
border and then selecting "Store" from the resulting menu.
The currently displayed Help page will disappear from the
work area and the Help icon will reappear in the right utility
area.

Create a VA X/VMS job
by using the ( menu ) key.

Creating a VAX/VMS Job

A VAX/VMS job on the VAXstation is a collection of one or
more terminals under the control of a VAXA/MS process. To
create a new VAXA/MS job:

• Press the ( menu ) key. The VAXstation Main Menu will
be displayed (see Figure 1 1 ).

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Figure 12. Screen Displaying a New Job

To create a new VAX/VMS job, you can then:

• Select the "Create Job" item that will provide the
desired type of terminal. The menu will be replaced
by this terminal running a logged-in VAX/VMS job
(Figure 1 2 shows two DEC terminals).

You can now use VAX/VMS commands, illustrated in
Figure 12.

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Figure 1 3. Screen After Invocation of the Terminal Menu

Store a job by selecting
one of its terminals and
then selecting "Store
job" in the Terminal
Menu.

Storing and Retrieving a VAX/VMS Job

The VAXstation imposes no specific limit on the number of
jobs that can simultaneously display terminals in the work
area. As you create new jobs, they may obscure older ones.

This stacking of objects creates a limit to the number of
objects that you can keep track of on the screen. For that rea-
son, the VAXstation permits you to "store" as many as 9 jobs -
that is, to move them out of the work area into utility area stor-
age slots, where they can be easily accessed when needed.
See Figure 13.

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Figure 1 4. Screen After Storing a VAX/VMS Job

Retrieve a stored job by A job or document can be retrieved from storage by selecting
selecting its icon in the its icon in the utility area. This will cause the object to reappear
storage area. in its position prior to storage. You can move the object else-

where in the work area (see the "Moving Things" section).

If you wish to preserve a slow or temporarily unneeded
VAX/VMS job but want to keep the work area uncluttered for
other uses, store the job as follows:

1 . Select any terminal in the job. A Terminal Menu will
materialize around the pointer.

2. Select "Store job." All terminals associated with the
job will disappear from the work area, and a job icon
containing the job identification will appear in the first
available storage slot in the utility area as shown in
Figure 14.

Discarding a VAX/VMS Job

To log out a VAX/VMS job, you can either:

• Issue the LOGOUT command to VAX/VMS. This will
cause the job to be logged out and the terminal to dis
appear from the VAXstation screen.

• Select the terminal border and then select "Logout
job" from the resulting menu. This action will also
cause the job to be logged out and the terminal to dis
appear from the VAXstation screen.

Changing Operating Characteristics

The VAXstation allows you to control a variety of behavior
characteristics both of individual terminals and of the
VAXstation as a whole.

Logout a VAX/VMS job
by means of the
Terminal Menu.

DEC terminal s

The following items allow you to change the
terminal "setup" options defined for the current
lerminal'by your User Profile

Screen background,

Q Dark background
Q' Light background

Terminal mode

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Figure 15. Screen Displaying a Settings Document Page

Make short-term
changes in terminal
characteristics by
means of the Settings
Document.

Short-term Changes in Terminal Characteristics

To make short-term changes in an individual terminal setting
(screen background, for example):

1 . Select the border of the terminal to be changed.

2. Select the "Terminal settings" item in the resulting
menu. The system will display a Settings Document
specific to the terminal. Figure 1 5 shows a portion of
the Settings Document for a DEC terminal. You can
page through this document by selecting the "Back"
and "Forward" controls at the bottom of each page.

3. Select the characteristics you want from this docu-
ment. Changes will take place as you specify them

USER PROFILE

PHYSICAL KEYBOARD SETTINGS

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Figure 16. Screen Displaying a Profile Page

Make long-term
changes in VAXstation
characteristics by
means of the Profile.

and persist until you discard the terminal, make sub-
sequent changes by using the Setting Document, or
select "Terminal RESET" in the Terminal Menu.

4. Select the border of the Settings Document when
you have completed your changes. The VAXstation
will display a short menu.

5. Select "Done." The Settings Document and menu will
disappear.

Long-term Changes in VAXstation Characteristics

To make long-term changes in the behavior of the overall
VAXstation (initial terminal characteristics, time/date format,
start-up terminal type, and so on):

1 . Select the Profile icon in the utility area to display the
Profile Document in the work area. Figure 16 shows a
portion of a typical page of the User Profile.

You can page through the Profile by selecting the
"Back" and "Forward" controls at the bottom of each
page. Indicate your choices by selecting the items
you want or by selecting and filling in the editable
fields. Some changes will take effect as soon as you
enter them.

2. When you have made the desired changes <n the
Profile, select the Profile border, then select "Store"
from the resulting menu.

Attach the keyboard to
a terminal by selecting
the terminal's interior.

Attaching the Keyboard to a Terminal

Although the VAXstation allows any number of terminals to
exist simultaneously, it never permits attaching the keyboard
to more than one terminal at a time. An active Kbd (keyboard)
indicator in the upper terminal control bar identifies which ter-
minal on the VAXstation screen presently has the keyboard
attached.

Note: Indicators in VAXstation terminal con-
trol bars signal their "on" or "active" condi-
tion by reversing their visual state - changing
from black characters on a white field to
white characters on a black field.

To change the terminal that the keyboard is attached to,
select the interior of the terminal or the keyboard (Kbd)
indicator.

Figure 17. The Printer

Printing an Object

Print an object by You can print an object that is displayed on the screen if you

selecting a "Print" have the printer option as shown in Figure 1 7. To print an

menu item. object, select the "Print" menu item from a menu for a docu-

ment, terminal, or viewport.

When you select a "Print" menu item, the pointer changes to
an hourglass indicating "Please wait." The pointer then
returns to its normal arrow shape, and you can resume work-
ing. After a short time, the printer prints the page of the docu-
ment or the terminal or viewport that you selected.

Use the "Print" menu Turn the knob on the printer to position the paper so that print-
item to print a ing can begin at the top of the form.

VAXstation object.

If the printer has a keyboard, do not type the keys on the key-
board. (The printer is a spooled terminal device connected to
the VAX/VMS system.)

The printer can print an object that measures 864 x 864 pix-
els. Thus, if you try to print an object that is 900 pixels wide,
the printer truncates the printed object to a width of 864
pixels.

By selecting a "Print" menu item, you can print the current
page of the Help Document, the User Profile Document, the
Notices Document, or the Terminal Settings Documents. You
can also print the current display of an emulated terminal or a
viewport.

Uncovering Covered Terminals

Uncover an object by If a terminal or document you wish to see is partially obscured
selecting "Pop to top." by other VAXstation objects, select the border of the desired

object and then select "Pop to top" from the resulting menu.
The VAXstation displays the selected object at the top display
level. (Selecting "Move" from the action menu will also place
the object at the top display level.) If an object is entirely
obscured by other VAXstation objects, you may have to move
one or more of them far enough to allow you to point at the
desired object.

Reading Notices

Read notices by select- The Notices icon in the utility area turns black when system
ing the Notices icon. messages, or VAXphone calls arrive. If you select this icon, a

Notices Document is displayed in the work area, this docu-
ment, shown in Figure 18, will display system messages that
have arrived since the beginning of the current session, when
the Notices Document is filled with accumulated messages, it
scrolls to accommodate new messages, discarding the top-
most message.

Notices I

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Figure 18. The Notices Document

End a VAXstation
session by means
of the Main Menu.

When you are done reading notices, select the Notices Docu-
ment border and then select "Store" from the resulting menu.
The Notices Document will disappear from the work area and
its icon will reappear in the utility area.

Ending a VAXstation Session

To end a VAXstation session:

1 . Get the Main Menu by pressing the ( menu ) key.

2. Select "End session." A Confirmation Menu will
appear on the screen.

3. Select "Yes" if you are sure you are done and want all
remaining jobs automatically logged out.

Some Advanced Concepts

Details regarding the following VAXstation features will not be
needed by all VAXstation users. If you are reading this guide
for the first time, you may wish to skim this section for later
reference.

Control Bars

Simulated terminals have an elongated bar attached to the
top - and, in the case of the TEK 401 4, a bar attached to the
bottom as well. These bars contain labels and icons that pro-
vide information about and permit control of the associated
terminal.

Upper Terminal Control Bars

Upper terminal control bars are similar for both DEC and TEK
401 4 terminals.

Terminal Name

Job Name

Pad Kbd Hold

Figure 19. Upper Terminal Control Bar

Each upper terminal control bar can have five regions (see
Figure 19), identified from left to right below:

• Terminal Name. A region that normally defines the
type of terminal: "DEC terminal" or "TEK 401 4."
(Programs that create terminals can fill this field with
other text.) You can, if you wish, select this region and
edit its contents - deleting characters with the (T\
key, and entering characters by typing on the
keyboard.

• Job name. A region that identifies each job ("Job 1 " or
"Job 2"). You can, if you wish, change the text in this
region by selecting the Job name region and editing
its contents as described above.

• Pad. An indicator/switch icon that appears when a
DEC Graphics Data Pad is specified for this terminal.
(This specification is controlled by the program being
run; if no data pad is identified by the program, this
region does not appear in the terminal control bar.)
This function turns black when you select the icon.

If the pad is attached to one terminal (icon reversed)
and you select the pad icon in another terminal, the
pad is detached from the first terminal and attached
to the other.

Kbd (Keyboard). An indicator/switch icon that shows
a dark (active) background when the VAXstation key-
board is attached to this terminal. The Keyboard indi-
cator becomes active when you select the icon or the
interior of the terminal. If the keyboard is attached to
one terminal (icon active) and you select the key-
board icon (or body) of another terminal, the key-
board will be detached from the first terminal and
attached to the other.

Hold (not present on TEK 4014). An indicator/switch
icon that shows a dark (active) background whenever
output to the terminal is stopped. To stop (or hold)
output to the terminal, you can type (ctrl/s) or you can
select the terminal's inactive (white background)
HOLD icon.

You can restart output to a terminal by typing (ctrl/q) or
by selecting the active Hold icon.

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Figure 20. Screen Displaying a TEK 4014 Terminal

Lower Terminal Control Bars

Only the simulated TEK 401 4 terminal has a lower control bar.

The TEK 4014 Lower Terminal Control Bar (see Figure 20)
contains six regions:

• PAGE. A selectable switch that clears the screen,
forces the terminal into alphanumeric mode, and
resets the cursor.

• MARGIN RELEASE. A selectable switch that releases
the terminal from a page full condition.

• FULL. An indicator that becomes active when no
more lines can be written onto the screen.

• GIN. An indicator that becomes active when graphics
input mode is in effect.

• MARGIN. A selectable switch/indicator that permits
users to define page full conditions. Selecting "1 "

causes the page full condition to occur when the ter-
minal reaches the right margin of the bottom alphanu-
meric line on the screen, regardless of the margin
width. Selecting "2" causes the page full condition to
occur only after the terminal reaches the right margin
of the bottom alphanumeric line in the second col-
umn. Selecting "OFF" prevents generation of the
page full condition.

• RESET. A selectable switch that moves the cursor to
the home position without erasing the screen. Select-
ing RESET also resets the characteristics of the TEK
4014 to those specified in the User Profile.

VAX/VMS Jobs with Multiple Terminals

The VAXstation allows a VAXA/MS program to create termi-
nals (or viewports) in addition to the one from which the RUN
command was issued and to assign them logical names that
the programs can access as required. When such terminal
clusters are created, you can change individual terminal posi-
tions by means of the Terminal Menu "Move" item. Multiple-
terminal jobs can also be stored and retrieved precisely like
other jobs.

Cable to
data pad

the Data Pad

VAXstations with Graphics Data Pads

One of the options for the VAXstation 1 00 is the DEC Graphics
Data Pad. This unit affects the behavior of the VAXstation only
when programs that require it are running.

Connect the DEC Graphics Data Pad as shown in Figure 21 .

Use programs to control When the VAXstation system starts, the connected data pad
the DEC Graphics Data responds with four beeps to indicate proper operation.
Pad

The DEC Graphics Data Pad has a crosshair cursor (puck)
with 5 buttons that you can use to control graphic data. (The
application program that you are using should provide infor-
mation about how to use the puck.) The puck also has a red
lamp and a green lamp.

The red proximity lamp on the puck indicates when data can
be sent to the VAX/VMS host by pushing one of the buttons on
the puck. Although the pad is approximately 16 inches
square, you can use only 1 1 square inches in the center of the
surface area. When the puck is within the 1 1 -inch area and
less than approximately 1 inch above the surface of the data
pad, the red proximity lamp lights.

The green lamp on the puck indicates when operation of the
puck changes from point mode to line mode. Point mode
yields one point for each depression of a button; line mode
yields a stream of points for as long as you depress a button.

VAXstation Special Symbols

The VAXstation permits you to create and display a large vari-
ety of special symbols in addition to the standard characters
available on the keyboard To type such symbols you must
use the ( symbol ) key in conjunction with a "seed" character
key to temporarily assign symbols to the F1 -F5 keys on your
keyboard. These assignments are depicted along the bottom
of the VAXstation screen as shown in Figure 22.

To type a special symbol, hold down the ( symbol ) key and
then press the desired "seed" key on the keyboard. If your
terminal is set to the 8-bit DEC multinational symbol condition,
the system will change the depiction of the leftmost five keys
to show the symbols that will be generated if you press the
corresponding key on the keyboard In most cases, the spe-
cial symbols are visibly related to the seed key: GD , for exam-
ple, gives access to all accent-bearing forms of the letter A, as
well as the diphthong "/E." Some special characters, how-
ever, are arbitrarily associated with one or more keyboard
keys: the yen sign with the CW) and the CD key, for example.
These associations can be ascertained by reference to Figure
23 on the next page.

If you hold down (symbol) and press the QD key, the symbol key
depictions at the bottom of the screen will take the form
shown in Figure 22.

Figure 22. Special Symbol Selection (the "A" series)

Type special symbols by
means of the ( symbol )
key.

Keyboard Key Symbols Presented

A
B
C
E
I

L
N
O
P

S
U
X
Y

6 A

= +
i it

\ I

A A A A
(3

g 0 ©

E E E E

Mil

6 6 6 0

§ B

U U 0 U

Y ¥

A E 1 6

1 i 1 / 4 y 2

2 1/2

3 £

y 4 £ ¥ 8

A E I 6 0

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0

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Figure 23. VAXstation Special Symbols

In Case of Trouble

The following table contains several of the more likely VAXstation trouble symptoms, each
coupled with a short list of possible cures. If you encounter problems that do not appear in
this table, call Digital Field Service 1 -800-DEC-8000.

Problem

No image on screen

Keyboard does
not respond

Mouse does not move
pointer

Application program
does not detect data
pad puck operations

Authorization failure

"Trouble" icon
appears
on screen

"Unable to
connect to
host" icon
appears
on screen

Possible Cause

No power to system

No power to monitor

Screen intensity too
low

Video cable not
connected

Keyboard is not
plugged in

Keyboard is not
attached to
desired terminal

Mouse is not
connected
VAXstation is stuck

Data pad is not
connected

Wrong name or
password

Internal VAXstation
failure

VAX/VMS host is not
running VAXstation
software; communi-
cations failure

Possible Solution

Turn on main power switch

(on display processor)
Plug display processor into

active power outlet
Turn on monitor power switch

(on rear of monitor)
Plug monitor into switched

outlet on display processor
Rotate brightness control

(see Figure 2)
Check all three connectors

at both ends of video

cable

Connect keyboard cable to
display processor (see
Figure 2); check plug
underneath keyboard

Select body of terminal
or Kbd icon

Connect mouse cable to main

chassis
Turn main power switch OFF

then ON

Connect data pad (see
Figure 21)

Consult system manager

Call Digital Field Service
1-800-DEC-8000

Turn main power switch OFF
then ON. Consult system
manager.

Glossary of VAXstation Terms

Although the VAXstation has been designed with the intent of
avoiding needless specialized terms, a few terms, used both
in this guide and in the Help Document, have unavoidably
taken on special meaning. These terms are discussed below.

• DEC Terminal. A simulated terminal for the VAXstation
that duplicates the relevant characteristics of the cur-
rent video terminals manufactured by Digital
Equipment Corporation. For most practical purposes,
the VAXstation DEC Terminal behaves like Digital
VT200 family terminals. These are units similar to the
Digital VT1 00 and VT1 02, but with the additional abil-
ity to generate and display the DEC multinational
character set.

• Documents. VAXstation displays that simulate many
of the characteristics of printed media. They are often
characterized by having pages which can be
"turned;" they may also have tables of contents and
indexes. The VAXstation has Notices, Help, Profile,
and Settings Documents.

• Help. The assistance that the VAXstation makes avail-
able to users by means of the (help) key and certain
menu items. Pressing the (help) key at any time causes
the VAXstation to display the Help Document opened
to a related page. If the pointer has no specific con-
text, the Help Document is displayed opened to the
first page of the table of contents. From there the user
can select any other page in the Help Document,
including the Index - which in turn allows opening the
document to any of its entries.

• Icon. A pictographic or alphanumeric symbol that
identifies a VAXstation action, object, or function. The

- hand pressing a mouse button that appears prior to
authorization is an icon that means "Press the mouse
button to start." Alphanumeric icons are "Kbd,"
"Hold," and "Pad" in terminal control bars. Combining
pictographic and alphanumeric techniques are the
Notices, Help, and Profile icons (which depict a
labeled piece of paper with one corner folded over).

• Job. A VAX/VMS job on the VAXstation that is a collec-
tion of one or more terminals (or viewports) under the
control of a VAXA/MS process.

Menu. Any of several short selection forms displayed
at certain times in the operation of the VAXstation.
These forms allow the user to select VAXstation
actions from a variety of options by pointing at the
desired item and pressing the SELECT button on the
mouse.

Move. An explicit menu item that allows the pointer to
be connected to an object so that, when the pointer
is moved, the associated object moves with it. The
VAXstation informs the user of the move state by con-
verting the pointer from an up-arrow to a four-way
arrow.

Objects that have been moved are fixed in the current
position when the SELECT button on the mouse is
pressed. The pointer resumes its up-arrow form.

Mouse. The small unit attached to the VAXstation. The
mouse has three control buttons (the leftmost of which
is SELECT), a movement-sensing ball in its belly, and
a tail (oriented away from the user) through which it
transmits ball motions and button operations to the
VAXstation.

The mouse is used to move the pointer about the
VAXstation screen and to select screen locations
defined by the pointer.

Multinational symbols. The graphics symbols (defined
by Digital Equipment Corporation) that uses eight bits
to encode all of the standard ASCII characters as well
as an additional set of special characters aimed at
satisfying the requirements of a large variety of
Western European languages.

Point. The act of identifying an object or a location on
the VAXstation screen by bringing the pointer to that
object or location.

Selectable VAXstation objects acknowledge being
pointed at by surrounding themselves with a box. This
is true of terminal borders, menu items, Help cross-
references, and Profile and Settings choices.

Whenever an object acknowledges being pointed at,
pressing the SELECT button on the mouse produces
an action related to that object. A terminal border dis-
plays the Terminal Menu, a menu item executes the
named action, a Help cross-reference opens the Help
Document to the referenced page, a'Profile item sets
the VAXstation to the named state.

Pointer. The location identifying arrow that moves in
close synchronism with the movements of the mouse.
When a selected object is capable of being moved,
the pointer becomes a four-way arrow. The pointer
changes to an hourglass to indicate "Please wait."

Profile. A VAXstation document that allows the user to
define and confirm the operating characteristics of
the VAXstation. The Profile allows user control of such
features as date and time display format, kind of ter-
minal (if any) to be created after authorization, and
default characteristics of DEC and TEK 4014
terminals.

Select. The act of moving the pointer until an object
acknowledges being pointed at, then pressing the
leftmost button on the mouse (SELECT).

Store. The act of selecting the "Store" item in a menu
and thereby moving a storable object into the storage
area. Jobs are the most commonly stored VAXstation
objects, although the Notices, Help, and Profile Docu-
ments are also "stored" when not in use.

Storing a job does not affect its state (running or
paused).

Storage area. The group of twelve compartments
immediately below the date/time box in the right utility
area. Nine of these compartments are dedicated to
storing jobs, and three to storing the Notices, Help,
and Prof ile Documents.

Utility area. The two VAXstation control blocks nor-
mally visible at the right and along the bottom of the
screen. The right utility area contains the date/time
utility, nine job storage slots, and three storage slots
containing the Notices, Help, and Profile icons. The
bottom utility area contains a depiction of the top row
of keyboard function keys. The leftmost group of five
keys are used in conjunction with the ( symbol ) key to
produce special DEC multinational symbols.

Work area. All of the VAXstation screen that is not
occupied by the utility areas. This is the region in
which you use simulated terminals (or viewports).

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